Holder for use in cleaning cream-separator disks



(No Model'.)

7 W. J. BUSH.

HOLDER FOR USE IN CLEANING CREAM SEPARATOE DISKS. 1

Patented Jan. 7, 1896.

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WILLLKM J. BUSH, OF BATTLE CREEK, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN RETZLAFF, OF CANTON, KANSAS.

HOLDER FOR USE IN CLEANlNG CREAM-SEPARATOR DlSKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,817, dated January 7, 1896. Application filed May 11, 1895. $erial No. 548,918- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J EssE BUSH, of Battle Creek, in the county of Madison and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders for Use in Cleaning Cream-Separator Disks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a holder for use in cleaning the so-called disks of certain cream-separaters; and the invention seeks to provide a holder of simple construction adapted to receive and secure the set of disks and to support the same so they may be subjected to the action of a jet of steam and turned by the action thereof so every part of the disks will be effectually and thoroughly cleaned.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention as in use, the disks being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a perspective and Fig. 3 a sectional view of the holder, the dotted lines in Fig. 3 representing the position of the tubular axle of the disk or cone on the holder; and Fig. a is a detail view of the clamp-tube.

The construction of the separator is not claimed to be of my invention, and I therefore have only thought it necessary to show so much thereof as is used with my improvement, and consisting of the tubular axle A and the several disks or cones B thereon. This tube A is somewhat smaller at one end than the other and is provided with external ribs or flutes a, and the disks or cones B fit down over the said ribs or flutes, as shown. Ordinarily in cleaning this part of the separator apparatus the disks are taken off one at a time and separately cleaned, which operation will take an expert workman an hour, and sometimes much longer.

By my improvement I clean the disks in-a few moments and without removing them from the tube on which they are assembled and supported.

My holder consists, broadly, of a body 0 and a support D, on which such body turns, such support having at one end a handle portion E and provided at its other end with a portion cl, which in practice is preferably seated in a bearing f in any suitable support F, so that the support D may form an axle on which the body 0 and the disks held thereon can freely turn.

The body C is held and turns on the sup port I) and has near one end a seat for one end of the disk-tube, and is provided with a clamp by which to secure its other end. The seat is preferably in the nature of a boss G, from which project ears 9, which in practice fit between the ribs of the disk-tube, and the clamp is shown as a short tube H fitting over the end of the body and having a clamping screw h, by which it can be secured in any suitable adjustment thereon.

In use the disks and their tube are fitted on the body 0 the smaller end first, such end fitting the seat G, and the clamp-tube H is slipped on the end of the body down into the larger end of the disk-tube, when by tightening the screw 72 the disktube will be held tightly on the body. The rest portion d is now fitted into a hole or seat f in a wall or other suitable support F, the handle being grasped by the hand of the operator, and a jet of live steam is directed from nozzle J onto the disks. The disks being cooler than the steam, the steam will at first condense into hot water upon the disks, loosening all dirt and other matter thereon. The force of the steam will cause the disks and their tube to rapidly turn on the holder, centrifugal force by such operation aiding the steam in throwing off dirt and other matter.

The disks being thoroughly heated by the live steam immediately dry when the steam is shut off. This operation requires but a few moments of time and the cleansing is highly effective, as the steam not only cleanses but also sterilizes the disks.

The operation of the improved construction involves the direct application of a jet of steam so directed as to rotate the disks, which not only involves the heating and loosening of the dirt, &c., but also develops the centrifugal force by which the matter is thrown ofi the disks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a holder substantially as described the body having at one end the boss provided with the projecting ears arranged to fit between the ribs of the disk tube at one end of the said tube, and means for securing the other end of the tube substantially as set forth.

2. A holder for use in cleaning separator disks comprising a support and a body turning thereon such body being unobstructed at one end whereby the disks may be slipped longitudinally thereon substantially as set forth.

3. A holder for use in cleaning separator disks comprising a support and a body turning thereon and adapted to receive the disks, and having opposite portions between which to clamp the said disks substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A holder for use in cleaning separator disks comprising asupport having at one end a handle portion and at its other end a stem like extension adapted to rest in a suitable bearing and a body turning on said support, and provided with means for securing the disks substantially as set forth.

5. A holder substantially as described consisting of the body, provided at one end with the boss having projecting ears to fit between the ribs of the disk tube, a clamp consisting of a short tube fitting on the end of the body and provided with a clamping screw, and the support on which said body is held and turns substantially'as set forth.

WILLIAM J. BUSH. Witnesses S. K. WARRIoK, J. W. BUSH. 

